Aquarium cycle

[tylerpaul4]

Tomorrow will be day 13 of my cycle. I used dr tims ammonia and live bacteria and dosed according to bottle. I’m still showing about .25ppm of ammonia and about .50 of nitrites. Should I just continue to wait it out or do I need to do a water change?

 

[shac]

Tomorrow will be day 13 of my cycle. I used dr tims ammonia and live bacteria and dosed according to bottle. I’m still showing about .25ppm of ammonia and about .50 of nitrites. Should I just continue to wait it out or do I need to do a water change?

Wait it out. A water change could possibly stall the cycle.

 

[Broke_Budget_Reef]

Hang on tight. Water changes this late on will remove good bacteria and restart the cycle.

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[matticus1181]

I'm a week behind you with a new tank cycling with Dr Tim's. It's the first I've done this way. Did you use totally dry rock, or could there also be decaying organics on the rock.

I do agree that you should just leave it though. Ammonia and nitrite should get down to basically zero if there's no other source of ammonia in the tank. I actually just saw that BRSTv thought the "fishless cycle" took a little longer because the ammonia level was so high so fast. Take that as you will...